I was trying to make sense of her shades, lol. They look like each lens was broken in half. That must make for very distracting light-dark transitions as her eyeballs dart about.

I actually like that Nolan is kind of a whore. It's a quick way to get across the idea that this super-serious life is probably not what he planned for himself. He ended up in a global war, from which he gained a daughter who isn't even the same species as he is, and now he's taken a job as a lawman after fleeing a…

That's the thing I like about this show: it has a sense of humor (as compared to Falling Skies, for example). Irisa looked like she assaulted a thrift store and came out a streetwalker. She's violent and angsty, but she also evokes laughter from me (especially when she's interacting with Tommy: "…People change."…

I'm wondering too if Mayor Nicky is the one successful product of the defective Indogene infiltration program … or if Doc Yewll lied about the program's failure. Maybe only memory-transfer is a failure, but duplicating human physiognomy moved forward. Perhaps there are others, although I think Mayor Nicky already said…

I actually was engaged by both Amanda and Kenya's flashbacks here. Normally, stories with the sisters really drag an episode down for me, but here they actually came across as real characters, not the usual plot points. Maybe it's because the flashbacks had nothing to do with the present-day machinations, and that…

@avclub-0820738ec28ccc2b06a82d833d0ba1e8:disqus During the wedding ceremony, the Castithan singers made me think of a Greek chorus comprised of living marble statues. It could be a striking image to have Stahma do a reading, with a Castithan choir and musicians behind her, presented with film noir mood lighting. Then…

Yes, I'm turning around on my expectations about Stahma. I originally read her as the insidious threat lurking in the darkness of her husband's shadow, but it's looking like her intentions are far more sympathetic than that. At this point, I'm thinking that her play for the McCawley mines is really a facade to foster…

I like your take on her. They've been building up her scheming as the power-hungry type, but perhaps it's not as cliché as that sounds. Maybe the power she craves is simply the capacity to defy the constraints of her culture and gender.

It makes sense if Lourdes is the mole (as surmised by @avclub-10d3783afeeeaf131f3cbd3a680fef99:disqus , @avclub-3cd5b730d6b4c1521b7a7cfad50d7745:disqus , @avclub-6aca1a1659edc2d96cabe628f44d0f7e:disqus , and @avclub-436f51d058881a91bd0c2018fa3b1f6a:disqus up thread). The mole would surely want to isolate the skitters…

My reaction is also to distrust the Volm, though Weaver's constant bellyaching about it is tiresome. I just can't tell if the show really does want us to regard the Volm with suspicion, or if they truly are trying to sell Cochise's speech as genuinely earnest. That sappy, flower monologue made me roll my eyes…

This show used to try my patience quite a bit. I was struggling to get past the characters just so I can enjoy the CGI (aliens and mechs). However, this season hasn't worked my nerves yet, though it elicits quite a bit of eye rolling. Like you, I think I just stopped fighting the writing and simply lowered my…

That level of cynicism doesn't align with this show's narrative. They've already buried Pope's rape buddies and Maggie seems to have developed amnesia about the whole thing. In this version of the apocalypse most everyone is well-behaved, and the worst you have to deal with is a bad attitude. Your demented imagination…

LOL, yes, I understand that's the in-universe explanation. I should have been clear that I was asking for the real-world explanation. Why didn't they just recycle the Karen actress instead of bringing in yet another extra? It's not like the Karen actress has had more than 5 minutes of air time so far. Surely it's…

Cochise's speech did not address what happened to his homeworld. It may be occupied by the Espheni; it may be dead; he never actually addressed the Volm's history with the Espheni (hence your confusion). He mentioned that the Volm fleet departed their homeworld centuries ago, so it's very likely that they are simply…

Director and Executive Producer Greg Beeman says the aliens are called Volm not "Vohm". Also, Megan Danso's character is listed as Deni, not "Danni". Why did they not use Karen instead of generic harnessed kid, "Emily"?

@avclub-1f5b519cde67ac0d0fcab419aa3048a4:disqus I accept that this is a stylized world where there are a bunch of artistically-inclined serial killers in the general vicinity of one or two urban areas. I accept that Will has super psychic powers. I accept that the local FBI randomly repurposes its forensic examiners…

The fact that you posted this ten hours after someone else already ID'ed the music makes you incompetent to be commenting like this.

ROFL I didn't know what the hell this comment was getting on about until I refreshed the page and more comments spilled over onto this page. Maybe @avclub-6f7fb3f0a0d9bb6b7d5c267c84c08a42:disqus is having a bad day because of recent events. I especially liked "I already said what it was" hours after someone else…

She has strong suspicions about…? His cooking? The show teases implications and subtext with her conversations, but never gives anything concrete to definitively say how cognizant she is about Hannibal's illegal activities.

@avclub-d72f705337e5adcf7e33ec0381c5f5b2:disqus If du Maurier is a sociopath I'd roll my eyes and ignore it as much as possible. The show has a lot going for it, and one misstep of bad writing isn't going to ruin it completely. However, the show is already pushing credibility with its menagerie of artistic serial…